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Step 1 / 21Position: 6
1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO open
A way to play it in standard tuning.
C* x3556x
F* x8101011x
[Verse 1]
C  C* C  C* C   C  C* C  
Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields
F  F* F  F* F  F* F  
Sold in a market down in New Orleans
C  C* C  C* C  C* C  
Scarred old slaver know he's doin alright
BbHear him whip the women Cjust around midBbnightG  
G   C  C* C  C* C  
Ah brown sugar how come you taste so good
G   C  C* C  C* C  
Ah brown sugar, just like a young girl should
Don’t know the names of the chords for this part, so:
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|---8-----9-----5------6-----1----3------5------6-----5--|
G|---8----8------5-----5------1----3------5-----5------5--| x2
D|---8----8------5-----5------1----3------5-----5------5--|
A|-6----6------3-----3------------------3------3------3---|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 2]
C  C* C  C* C  C* C  
Drums beating cold English blood runs hot
F  F* F  F* F  F* F  
Lady of the house wondrin where its gonna stop
C  C* C  C* C  C* C  
House boy knows that he's doin’ alright
BbYou should a heard him Cjust around midBbnightG  
G   C  C* C  C* C  
Ah brown sugar how come you taste so good
G   C  C* C  C* C  
Ah brown sugar, just like a black girl should
[Verse 3]
C  C* C  C* C  C* C  
I bet your mama was a tent show queen
F  F* F  F* F  F* F  
And all her boyfriends were sweet sixteen
C  C* C  C* C  C* C  
I’m no schoolboy but I know what I like
BbYou should have heard them Cjust around midBbnightG  
G   C  C* C  C* C  
Ah brown sugar how come you taste so good
G   C  C* C  C* C  
Ah brown sugar, just like a young girl should
All chords in this song (4)

The story behind the song

This song was primarily written by Mick Jagger and appeared as the opening track on the album Sticky Fingers. Jagger described the lyrics as being about the dual combination of drugs and girls, calling it a very instant thing and a definite high point. While Jagger's then-girlfriend Marsha Hunt believed he wrote it with her in mind, another woman, Claudia Lennear, also claimed to be the subject of the song. At its heart, it plays like a raw and immediate expression of intense experiences.

AI-written from these sources:Brown Sugar (Rolling Stones song) — Wikipedia ↗The Rolling Stones — Wikipedia ↗MusicBrainz ↗

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